GRE Word List
PHOENIX
a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period
The meaning of the word phoenix is a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| far-fetched | brought from a remote time or place |
| gazette | newspaper |
| gainsay | to declare to be untrue or invalid |
| slap | to strike sharply with or as if with the open hand |
| metrical | of, relating to, or composed in meter |
| potion | a mixture of liquids (such as liquor or medicine) |
| unfetter | to free from fetters |
| venom | a toxic substance produced by some animals (such as snakes, scorpions, or bees) that is injected into prey or an enemy chiefly by biting or stinging and has an injurious or lethal effect |
| madrigal | a medieval short lyrical poem in a strict poetic form |
| advocacy | the act or process of supporting a cause or proposal : the act or process of advocating (see advocate |